Prateek N. Viswanathan

612.349.8500

Experience

Prateek focuses his practice on intellectual property litigation, particularly on patent matters.   

Before joining Robins Kaplan, he served for two years as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable C.J. Williams for the Northern District of Iowa, an experience invaluable to his advocacy and legal strategy.

Prateek graduated in 2021 from the University of Illinois College of Law near the top of his class, where he served on the board of multiple law journals, published multiple intellectual property articles, and served as a legal writing teaching assistant and research assistant. As a registered patent agent, Prateek worked on patent prosecution matters both before law school and for the University of Illinois Office of Technology and Management.

Prateek’s technology dispute experiences span multiple technology fields, including agricultural chemistry and devices, computer algorithms, medical devices, wind energy, and plenoptic imagery. He also holds a bachelor’s in science degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

In his spare time, Prateek enjoys reading and writing fiction, playing and listening to music, and exploring the Twin Cities.

  • Rickert Award for Excellence in Academics (2021)
  • Order of the Coif (2021)
  • H. H. Harris Foundation Scholarship (2021)
  • CALI Excellence for the Future Award: Patent Law (2019), Civil Procedure II: Conflicts of Law (2019), International Intellectual Property (2020), Disability Rights Law (2021)
  • Diversity Scholarship Foundation Law Student with a Disability Award (2020)
Bar Admissions
  • Illinois
  • Minnesota
  • U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois
  • U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota
  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Education
  • University of Illinois College of Law, summa cum laude (2021); Articles Editor, University of Illinois Law Review (2019-2021); Managing Editor, Illinois Business Law Journal (2018-2020)
  • Georgia Institute of Technology, B.S. in Biomedical Engineering (2016)
Professional Associations
  • Minnesota Disability Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
  • Deaf and Hard of Hearing Bar Association (DHHBA)
  • Chicago Bar Association

  • Note, The Decline and Fall of the United States’ Climate Patent Applications? U.S. Climate Patenting Behavior after the Paris Agreement Withdrawal Agreement Withdrawal Announcement, and a Fast-Track Proposal, 2021 U. Ill. L. Rev. 261 (2021).
  • Kept in the Dark: The Risk of Keeping COVID-19 Vaccine Patents Secret in Nationalistic Competition, J. L. Tech. Pol.: Timely Tech (May 2020).
  • Note, Reverse Engineering: Reconciling Trade Secret Law with 3D Printing and Scanning, 24 Ill. Bus. L. J. 29 (2018).

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